Gary McKenzie’s Top 10 Flat Racehorses
Gary McKenzie’s top 10 Flat racehorses I will say this before I start. I would be surprised if anyone has the same top 10 Flat racehorses as me and absolutely amazed if they had them...
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What might have been
Gary McKenzie follows up his look at horses who were not quite good enough to achieve greatness, with those horses whose promising careers were cut short I am going to start with a couple...
Never the bride – the very good horses who never hit greatness
Never the bride – Gary McKenzie on the very good horses who never quite hit greatness There will always be debate about who would win in an imaginary race between legends from different generations...
Gary McKenzie’s Cheltenham Awards
Gary McKenzie hands out the awards for Cheltenham 2020 Due to the current health crisis, racing is on hold in Britain for now. The fact we have to do without the sport we love...
We fall, and still we rise
I am a bit of a geek. I know a fair bit of trivia. And I am the sort of annoying person who can find connections between things, no matter how tenuous. I could...
Highs and lows
Gary McKenzie on the emotional highs and lows of racing There were worrying scenes at Ascot last week after the top-rated chaser, Cyrname, fell at the last fence. It was a horrible fall (as...
The ‘machine’ is in full working order
The ‘machine’ is in full working order The Dublin Racing Festival was just brilliant. And the headlines were dominated by a twelve-year-old novice chaser. Faugheen won his third race over fences, beating Easy Game....
Paisley the prince but Buttons is the queen
Paisley the prince but Buttons is the queen Many comment that the National Hunt season is too centred around the Cheltenham Festival. I disagree as I think it one of the great sporting events...
Sacre bleu! What a darling horse
It is not often that the final race of a meeting on a Wednesday in January attracts a lot of attention. But the closing bumper, or the Premier Food Courts Standard Open National Hunt...
Five-day Festival? Forget it
It is only January but Cheltenham is already dominating the sport we all love. Chiefly because there is a debate regarding the greatest show on turf. When I was young Cheltenham took place over...